You are eager to accomplish lots of things and want to check off as many things as possible from the bucket list you wrote when you were younger. Travel the world, experience a variety of cultures, go to festivals, buy your dream house, do a bungee jump, go skydiving, swim with dolphins, meet your idol, learn 10 languages, get into a top university, shake hands with the president, do something meaningful...Sounds familiar, right? I'm not saying there's something wrong with wanting to achieve a lot of things but considering the society we are a part off and to which we are also contributing, we are often only putting unnecessary pressure on ourselves. If we see someone else accomplish something we automatically feel inferior, even if we don't intentionally strive to feel like that, and that only leads to added pressure and a growing number of people start to suffer from some sort of inferiority complex. We are too focused on performance and tend to neglect what we actually feel.
The person who has checked off everything from their bucket list is seen as someone who has achieved all their goals and dreams, but deep inside they might be the unhappiest person due to the pressure of performance and need to prove something. They haven't had the chance to actually enjoy anything. Another person, who hasn't checked off a single thing from their bucket list, might be the happiest person you'll encounter because they have been enjoying the small things in life, but they might also feel inferior to the first person because they haven't been able to achieve their goals. Can you see the problem?
We have to do something to change this. I want to see life as something I actually want to live and take part off, rather than see it is a assignment I have to perform well in to feel satisfied with the end result, but where I have forgotten to enjoy the actual process I've put my time and energy on.
